Is it all over for Karl? Pressure mounts on embattled Today host Stefanovic after 'Ubergate', his high-profile split from ex-wife Cassandra Thorburn and new relationship with Jasmine Yarbrough... as the breakfast show's ratings continue to plummet

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In the chat, Karl is also said to have claimed his bosses at the TV network were 'out of touch'.

It's also reported that he suggested Peter, currently co-host of Weekend Today, should ask for a $60,000 pay rise.

Georgie Gardner refrained from addressing details of the conversation with Karl on Monday's show but she did take the opportunity to subtly chastise him.

During a lighthearted section that featured dachshunds, the journalist said to Karl: 'It's probably about now I should call you pathetic'.

Loose lips: Karl made headlines on Wednesday after details of a candid phone conversation he had with his brother Peter while riding in an Uber were published in New Idea

A source close to Karl revealed to Daily Mail Australia on Sunday that Karl would be pursuing legal action against Uber.

'Karl is heading to court over the leaked Uber tape - which is set to be made public on Monday,' the source said.

The insider went on to claim that by the 'end of the next week, documents should be filed in court,' with an understanding that the claims 'would centre around a breach of contract and privacy'.

Likes to natter! Reports suggest the discussion went on for more than 30 minutes and featured Karl taking pot shots at his Today co-star Georgie Gardner as well as Channel Nine's entertainment editor Richard Wilkins

But an overheard conversation in a cab is just one concern Karl has been dealing with lately.

Today's ratings have been plummeting ever since he divorced his wife of 21 years, Cassandra Thorburn in October 2017.

Having gone public with a new relationship (with 31-year-old shoe designer Jasmine Yarbrough) many, including entertainment reporter Peter Ford, believe the ratings crash are related to Karl's very public personal life.

Speaking on the Kyle and Jackie O Show in April, Peter claimed: 'The Today show ratings are bad... they've done private market research at Nine into Karl and it's coming up that women have turned on him'.

On the outs: When Karl divorced his wife of 21 years, Cassandra Thorburn, in October last year, prior to making public his relationship with Jasmine Yarbrough, Today's ratings plummeted.

When Karl skipped off for an idyllic Bora Bora vacation with Jasmine in June, his fill-in Ben Fordham enjoyed strong ratings and the show out-performed rival Sunrise in the five capital cities during the week he was on air.

Karl, who exchanged vows in a commitment ceremony with girlfriend Jasmine in early March, has himself admitted that his split with ex-wife Cassandra had alienated his female viewers when he spoke to Stellar in June.

'I know...maybe there may be some women out there who are still angry with me but I've never tried to be anything other than myself,' he told the publication.

'The Today show ratings are bad at the moment they've done private market research at Nine into Karl and it's coming up that women have turned on him,' entertainment reporter Peter Ford told Kyle And Jackie O in April. Karl is pictured with ex-wife Cassandra Thorburn

He continued: 'I have to hope that the audience, and particularly females if that is true, that one day they're OK and they come back and say: 'I'm giving him another go.'

However, the purported feminist further outraged females in July when he made questionable remarks about Australian Ninja Warrior on air.

Viewers became incensed when the 42-year-old suggested that the Australian Ninja Warrior course should be different for men and women.

Hitting back at Karl's opinion, one woman took to Twitter to vent with: 'WHYTHEF**K should the women have a different course to the men,' she wrote. 'KARL YOU'RE A SEXIST.'

Daily Mail Australia has approached Channel Nine for comment

Damage control: 'I know...maybe there may be some women out there who are still angry with me, but I've never tried to be anything other than myself,' he told Stellar in June.